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boehner was not. he took note of the wave and he could either be crushed by you or surface and so if he did, to the point he became speaker of the house for the minority leader of the freshmen are well aware that he is not of that movement and that tension has also been present throughout the legislative session. >> host: we are talking with robert draper, this is his newest book what we do in the u.s. house of representatives talking about 112 congress. the numbers are on the screen. mr. draper what is the number about alan west plays in the congress? >> guest: equal opportunity offender. west is without question the most famous of the 87 freshmen. he was a tea party sensation before he was every elected because in 2009 he gave his so-called bayonet speech in which he exhorted his audience to pick up their bayonets and charge the enemy to victory. but i say equal opportunity offender because even though he is very much a tea party freshman, i should mention he's from the fort lauderdale florida area.
boehner was not. he took note of the wave and he could either be crushed by you or surface and so if he did, to the point he became speaker of the house for the minority leader of the freshmen are well aware that he is not of that movement and that tension has also been present throughout the legislative session. >> host: we are talking with robert draper, this is his newest book what we do in the u.s. house of representatives talking about 112 congress. the numbers are on the screen. mr....
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economic team and eric cantor and jon kyl, obama himself weighs in and negotiate directly with john boehner. but really by this point it's obvious that republicans are just not going to do the deal. what's really interesting though i think is, it is really sort of underscores, two things actually that really underscore the point that they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of moments along the way where, and i described one of them but there are many more, where the republicans basically say or strongly intimate that they cannot raise taxes. bill absently not go along with tax increases. at every moment is obama himself or some of his top aides always trying to sort of rush back and put negotiations back together, long after the point where they established that they are reasonable people and negotiating in good faith and its the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that's one thing. i think that's highly indicative of what's going on here. the second thing that
economic team and eric cantor and jon kyl, obama himself weighs in and negotiate directly with john boehner. but really by this point it's obvious that republicans are just not going to do the deal. what's really interesting though i think is, it is really sort of underscores, two things actually that really underscore the point that they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a big deficit deal done. the first thing is you are a series of...
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obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every moment, either obama himself for were some of the top aides are always trying to rush out and put these negotiations back together. long after the point where they have established, they are reasonable people, negotiating in good faith and it is the republicans who absolutely refuse to go along. so that is one thing that is highly indicative of what is going on here. the second thing that is really interesting is when this finally collapses in late july of 2011, and it becomes obvious that they are not going to get this big deficit grand bargain that th
obama himself weighs in and negotiate to john boehner. it is obvious that republicans are just not going to do a deal. what is really interesting, though, i think, and this underscores two things in relation to the point. they did not intend this as a way to make republicans look bad. they intended it as a way to get a deal done. there are a series of moments along the way -- for the republicans strongly intimated they cannot raise taxes and they will not go along with tax increases. every...
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i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney that they have 100 days to reform medicare, reform social security, got to get spending under control, and it can't be like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. republicans hold meetings and think about it a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform, they have to rebuild the military, get the 313 chips, restore the terrible cuts the put in place. if they do it, democrats screams, the media screams, but the american people applaud and will be rewarded with a long period of time in time and power. if not, we'll go home. mitt romney will have the same problem obama had. he made the same promises. he's got to live up to them, a reform that obama made. i'm hoping that when we gather hen a year from now, that we'll have a set of prompts delivered upon, and maybe a new book. now, one last thing -- [laughter] i said they'd spend $2 billion in search of a million votes. i think the obvious thing is to buy a million copies of "the brief aga
i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney that they have 100 days to reform medicare, reform social security, got to get spending under control, and it can't be like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. republicans hold meetings and think about it a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform, they have to rebuild the military, get the 313 chips, restore the terrible cuts the put...
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explain the evolution within house republican ranks on this with chairman issa, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor and the majority whip, kevin mccarthy. >> guest: for about a year now congressman issa -- well, first, we'll go back to where this whole thing started. it started in the senate with senator charles imrazly who started -- grassley who started investigating this first. because he's in the minority, he chick kicked out over to congressman issa because he has subpoena power. it's congressman issa's job to investigate things in congress. speaker boehner is there to, you know, kind of make issues out of things that have important evidence and backing behind them that should be important on the house floor. >> host: the house in general because he's a constitutional officer, and he has a role to represent his party, obviously, but also the house in general. >> guest: right, exactly. so it's not his role to kind of get into the details of what each committee is investigating, what each committee is doing. he simply takes the big issues that are important, as you ju
explain the evolution within house republican ranks on this with chairman issa, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor and the majority whip, kevin mccarthy. >> guest: for about a year now congressman issa -- well, first, we'll go back to where this whole thing started. it started in the senate with senator charles imrazly who started -- grassley who started investigating this first. because he's in the minority, he chick kicked out over to congressman issa because he has...
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i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader sit down with romney and agree. they have 100 days in 100 days they have to reform medicare. they have to reform social security, they have to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be templed to do that. that's what republicans do as they hold meetings. and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform. demanding have to rebuild the military. get the 313 chips. restore the terrible cuts the president is putting in place. they have a lot to do. if they do it democrats will scream, the media will scream and the american people will be applaud. they will be rewarded with a long period in time. they'll go home. felon had the same problem. he made the same kind of promises he has to live up to the reform that barack obama maid. i'm hoping when we gather here a year from now we'll have a set of promises delivered upon and maybe a new book. now one last thing, [laughter] i said they're going to spend $2 billi
i hope speaker boehner and soon to be majority leader sit down with romney and agree. they have 100 days in 100 days they have to reform medicare. they have to reform social security, they have to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be templed to do that. that's what republicans do as they hold meetings. and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they absolutely have to come out of the gate, blasting for reform. demanding have to...
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there's one line i have right here, um, apparently in a meeting with his conference boehner told people, get your ass in line, and i think this past congress has been so polarizing and so uneffective that a book like this would be great for some summer reading, to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that were actually going on behind the scenes as we watched nothing happen. um, another book i'd like to read on a totally different note is called "love is a mix tape." it's a story about -- it's written by someone who works for "rolling stone," but it's a personal story about how he fell in love with someone who also fell in love with him, they were a very unlikely pair, and from what i understand she dies, and he's devastated. but then he, they used to make each other mix taped which is something i did for years and years and year t
there's one line i have right here, um, apparently in a meeting with his conference boehner told people, get your ass in line, and i think this past congress has been so polarizing and so uneffective that a book like this would be great for some summer reading, to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that were actually going on behind the scenes as we watched nothing happen. um, another book i'd like to read on a totally different note is called "love is a mix tape." it's...
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apparently in a meeting, in his conference, boehner told teeple, get in line and i think he this congress has been so polarizing and so -- that a book like this would be great for summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that are actually going on behind the scenes as we watch nothing happened. another book i would like to read is a vote called
apparently in a meeting, in his conference, boehner told teeple, get in line and i think he this congress has been so polarizing and so -- that a book like this would be great for summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that are actually going on behind the scenes as we watch nothing happened. another book i would like to read is a vote called
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head of congress and appeal directly to their constituents including mcconnell's constituents and john boehner's constituents in their own district? >> the first question i blanked on it, why focus on health care instead of jobs? there's this -- oprah asked him that question. why did you start out with health care instead of jobs? the first thing we did was the recovery act. rahm emanuel would joke one of the dumbest thing they did was succeed too quickly. they pass the recovery act in three weeks. if it had taken six months it would have looked like he was focusing on jobs but instead he got this thing done and then it was on to the auto bailout which was about jobs but he got that done fast and health care was next in line. certainly health care was politically difficult. it is not clear if he had been talking about jobs it would have been a lot better. the fundamental problem was he just passed the jobs bill and jobs were disappearing. if he had been out there saying we need more stimulus people would have said you just passed stimulus and it didn't work which they said anyway. he got more st
head of congress and appeal directly to their constituents including mcconnell's constituents and john boehner's constituents in their own district? >> the first question i blanked on it, why focus on health care instead of jobs? there's this -- oprah asked him that question. why did you start out with health care instead of jobs? the first thing we did was the recovery act. rahm emanuel would joke one of the dumbest thing they did was succeed too quickly. they pass the recovery act in...
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you know, mitch mcconnell has to worry about a primary collage in 2014, and boehner has to worry about a leadership challenge from the right so there's certainly a primp on what they can do. that said, the incentives have changed, and you saw chris christie's incentive changed, and there's, you know, the fiscal cliff creates different incentives, and i think the end of -- the end of that one term goal means that different republicans will start to have different incentives which means that on immigration, perhaps on a long term deficit deal, there will be avenues for potential cooperation. whether, you know, whether it takes, you know, more ass kickings or a real statesman to lead the republicans towards a different future, i think that depends on what happens over the next few years. >> i mean, i would add that, you know, there's a real brulalty to sitting in washington, that was just breathtaking to me. as a relative outsider, going into the mill and the buzz saw of the political apparatus in washington, and i think that, you know, it's bipartisan horribleness. it's not just republic
you know, mitch mcconnell has to worry about a primary collage in 2014, and boehner has to worry about a leadership challenge from the right so there's certainly a primp on what they can do. that said, the incentives have changed, and you saw chris christie's incentive changed, and there's, you know, the fiscal cliff creates different incentives, and i think the end of -- the end of that one term goal means that different republicans will start to have different incentives which means that on...
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he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track. it is a very dramatic story, and it brings to the fore the issues that we're going to be dealing with in three or four months. yes. >> you may have already allude today this somewhat in answering a previous question, but, you know, congressional approval is at record lows, and people left, right, center, everywhere talk about how broken government is. and what are those things there your perspective that have broken it, and what are those things that if they were removed either individual or structural, um, that would help fix it? what's the path forward? >> you know, that's abov
he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track....
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i hope john boehner and majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney and agree they have 100 days and the 100 days they have got to reform medicare. they have got to reform social security. they have got to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. they hold meetings and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they have to come out of the gate blasting for reform. they have to rebuild the military. they have to restore these terrible cuts the president is putting in place. they have a lot to do. if they do it democrats will screen. the media will scream but the american people will apply and be rewarded with a long period of time. if not we will go home. mitt romney will have the same problem as barack obama. he made the same promises. he has got to live up to them. of reform that barack obama makes. i am hoping when we gather here a year from now the we will have a sense of promises delivered upon and maybe a new book. one last thing. [laughter] >> i think they're going to spend $2 billion in search of $1
i hope john boehner and majority leader mcconnell sit down with mitt romney and agree they have 100 days and the 100 days they have got to reform medicare. they have got to reform social security. they have got to get spending under control and can't do it like business as usual. they will be tempted to do that. they hold meetings and they think about it for a long time. they can't do that. they have to come out of the gate blasting for reform. they have to rebuild the military. they have to...
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apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he was devastated and -- something i did for years and years. he basically wrote the book that is essentially to her in her honor because he loved her. and his final mix tape for apps if love songs. i can't wait to read that one. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> my history of financial institutions as a history of learning about these things, for example, in 1811 new york created a new security law which did two things. corporate wall. allow anybody to set up a corporation with minimal restrictions. they used to have to go to the legislature and get
apparently in a meeting with this conference, john boehner told people get your ass in line and i think this congress has been so polarizing that a book like this would be great summer reading to a kickback and figure out the dramas going on behind the scenes. another book i like to read is love is mixed chief. a story written by someone who work for rolling stone. a personal story about somebody, how he fell in love with someone and fell in love with him. very unlikely pair and she died and he...
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congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air. >> host: the first time you flew a plane? >> guest: she figured that out right away. she had done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne and the day the war ended she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said germany surrenders. an amazing time. >> host: do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc? >> guest: combination of the two but consistently "the greatest generation". i rode "the greatest generation" in 1998 and this is not humility but the anniversary of being true. what i really did was just open the door or as ken burns said, you gave them permission to t
congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air....
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leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me some lessons in the air. >> host: that is first time you had ever flown a plane? >> guest: no i actually had my -- she figured that right away. you have done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne as you know and the day that the war ended she had leaflets in her airplane. she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said, germany surrenders. so it was amazing time. >> host: one more question before we go to calls, when people run into you do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc or vice versa? >> guest: a combination of the two but consistently "the greates
leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me...